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Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Known For Directing
Birthday Jul 10, 1977 (48)
Birthplace Oakland, California, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Oct 03, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer. He is known for writing and directing the 2009 film "Sin Nombre", the 2011 film "Jane Eyre", and for directing and executive producing the first season of the HBO series "True Detective", for which he won the Primetime Emm ... y Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. He has received acclaim for the 2015 war drama "Beasts of No Nation", in which Fukunaga was writer, director, producer, and cinematographer. Fukunaga lives in New York City. Fukunaga has lived in France, Japan, and Mexico City. He is fluent in French and Spanish. He counts screenwriter Naomi Foner as a mentor. He has received several grants, including a USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, the John H. Johnson Film Award / Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and a Katrin Cartlidge Foundation bursary.

Known For

Filmography

Lovesong

Lovesong

2017

as Dean

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

Screenplay, Story

It

It

2017

Screenplay

Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015

Screenplay, Director of Photography

Two Men

Two Men

2005

Director of Photography

Victoria para Chino

Victoria para Chino

2004

Writer

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

2021

Director

Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015

Director

Sleepwalking in the Rift

Sleepwalking in the Rift

2012

Director

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

2011

Director

Chinatown Film Project

Chinatown Film Project

2009

Director

Victoria para Chino

Victoria para Chino

2004

Director

Ricky

Ricky

2025

Producer

Joe Bell

Joe Bell

2020

Producer

Thumper

Thumper

2017

Executive Producer

Little Boxes

Little Boxes

2017

Executive Producer

Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015

Producer

Sleepwalking in the Rift

Sleepwalking in the Rift

2012

Producer

Victoria para Chino

Victoria para Chino

2004

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

No data available

On Story

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 2011

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